and the man for change i voted for. deeply disappointed with where we are right now. my husband and i joked for years we thought we were beyond the hot dogs and beans era of our lives but frankly it's starting to knock on our door and ring true that might be where we are headed again. quite frankly, mr. president, i need you to answer this honestly. is this my new reality? >> eric: weigh in on that one? >> andrea: he is much more apt to get a question like that than romney, i think because of the economy. but he has to be careful not to go too aggressive on romne romney. he has to be negative by going positive. that's hard to do. he has to have a decisive win this evening. it cannot be another tie. a lot of voters have already made up their minds. >> bob: what we didn't do as usual is to show obama's response, which was excellent to that question. i think he will do very well in that format. that requires romney, this